Career Cafe- Turning Your Capstone into a Career with Briana Leach

When: Tuesday, November 4th 2025, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST

Location: Elliott School of International Affairs, Graduate Student Lounge, 1957 E Street Northwest, Washington, D.C

Join GSS for a Career Café  on how to leverage your Capstone experience in your job search, hosted by Briana Leach, Career and Academic Advisor.As an MA student at the Elliott School of International Affairs, you will complete a Capstone project during your last two semesters where you will design and execute a policy-oriented research project for a client of your choice. Your capstone experience will bring opportunities to enhance your professionalism, networking, adaptability, teamwork, and research skills! This Career Café will focus on how to leverage these skills in a resume, cover letter, job interview, and moreThis discussion will help you:
Connect your Capstone project to your career goals.
Showcase your Capstone effectively in professional documents such as resumes and cover letters. 
Identify transferable skills you can learn from your Capstone experience to apply during interviews, networking, and more.
ESIA NO-SHOW POLICYIn order to ensure the effectiveness of the services offered by the Elliott School's Graduate Student Services and maintain professionalism and courtesy between graduate students, alumni, professional staff, and our Employer Partners, the No-Show Policy is in effect for this event. Should you need to cancel your registration, you must log in to Handshake and update your RSVP, or contact our office [email protected] no later than 24 hours before any career event.Handshake Notification RemindersAs part of our support of GW's Event No-Show Policy, we want to remind students of two ways to ensure that they remember events they have registered for in Handshake. Both actions can be accessed from your "Settings & Privacy" areas from the drop-down menu under your name.  Set up your Handshake Profile to receive event remindersAutomatically export Handshake events to your Google calendar Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions and thank you again for registering!DRESS CODE-  BUSINESS CASUAL or  CASUALNote:  The dress code for all employer events is business professional unless otherwise stated. Students who are dressed inappropriately may be turned away.